Over 90% Of Call Of Duty Fans Glad Franchise Is Taking A Year Off

The vast majority of Call Of Duty fans have come out in support of the rumoured decision to delay Treyarch's 2023 instalment until 2024.

Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that the Treyarch-developed Call of Duty game that was originally planned to arrive in 2023 has been quietly pushed back a whole year. This would mark the first time since 2004 that we haven't seen a "premium" Call Of Duty game launch.

While Activision insists that we'll still be getting new Call Of Duty experiences in 2023, Bloomberg's sources understand that the plan is to fill the gap left by a new mainline entry with an extra year of support for Infinity Ward's Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II, which is still on track to arrive later this year.

There are also plans to release a full, free-to-play sequel to Call Of Duty: Warzone in 2023. More than enough to keep fans happy, in other words.

It's important to note that this "gap year" is still unconfirmed, but the general consensus among fans is that Call Of Duty taking some time off would be more than welcome.

A recent poll conducted by CharlieIntel on Twitter found that a whopping 91% of 16,544 respondents agreed that Call Of Duty skipping 202 is absolutely a good thing.

That such a huge majority agree the series needs a bit of a rest is perhaps telling of the current state of Call Of Duty. Between the disappointing sales of Call Of Duty: Vanguard and Activision's own acknowledgement that Call Of Duty: Warzone is broken right now, it's clearly time for a little bit of a break.